I left them up.Some of my signs stay in some locations for 5 – 6 weeks at a time so taking them down just doesn’t really make sense to me especially since there is no consequence for leaving them there.Unlike @Seth Teel, I have had tremendous success generating revenue from bandit sign marketing and always have and always will recommend it to wholesalers as a tool to get the phone ringing.

Bigger pockets has helped grow my RE knowledge tremendously.

It was definitely hard being patient, especially listening to/reading about examples of investors who started from zero cash or in personal debt and had tremendous success. 

I'm sorry to hear about the situation you are going through with your tenants and property manager, I had a similar issue recently with one of my rentals.It is clear to me that a good property manager would benefit you tremendously so I wanted to let you know who I use and highly recommend.His name is Tyrell Anderson and he has been outstanding in serving my property management needs.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for folks like Jay and a couple of others that openly say they have their differences with Section 8 tenants or the Section 8 program while not hiding any aspect of their profiles. 

That can help tremendously with making sure your pricing is competitive to other STR in the area.

This site has been a tremendous asset as a tool for that refinement of strategy/planning.

The BP calculators help tremendously, by the way (just thought I'd throw in that little plug).

I needed up buying a 4 bed 3 bath split-level and have had tremendous success house-hacking it.

Having W-2 Income can help tremendously to get financing.